![US Navy (USN) CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Patrick Nardulli, Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), talks to one of two Australian Navy patients medically evacuated to an airfield in Nias aboard a USN MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, embarked onboard MSC Combat Stores Ship USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3) [not shown]. The USN helicopter crew, accompanied by medical personnel assigned to MERCY, evacuated two survivors of April 2, 2005 crash of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopter in Nias, Indonesia. At request of government of Indonesia, MERCY and...](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDQvMDUvdXMtbmF2eS11c24tY2hpZWYtaG9zcGl0YWwtY29ycHNtYW4taG1jLXBhdHJpY2stbmFyZHVsbGktbWlsaXRhcnktc2VhbGlmdC1jb21tYW5kLWZiNjhlMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/482/jpg "US Navy (USN) CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Patrick Nardulli, Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), talks to one of two Australian Navy patients medically evacuated to an airfield in Nias aboard a USN MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, embarked onboard MSC Combat Stores Ship USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3) [not shown]. The USN helicopter crew, accompanied by medical personnel assigned to MERCY, evacuated two survivors of April 2, 2005 crash of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopter in Nias, Indonesia. At request of government of Indonesia, MERCY and...")
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US Navy (USN) CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Patrick Nardulli, Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), talks to one of two Australian Navy patients medically evacuated to an airfield in Nias aboard a USN MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, embarked onboard MSC Combat Stores Ship USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3) [not shown]. The USN helicopter crew, accompanied by medical personnel assigned to MERCY, evacuated two survivors of April 2, 2005 crash of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopter in Nias, Indonesia. At request of government of Indonesia, MERCY and...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Patrick Nardulli, Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), talks to one of the two Australian Navy patients medically evacuated to an airfield in Nias aboard a USN MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 5 (HC-5), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, embarked onboard the MSC Combat Stores Ship USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3) [not shown]. The USN helicopter crew, accompanied by medical personnel assigned to the MERCY, evacuated the two survivors of the April 2, 2005 crash of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopter in Nias, Indonesia. At the request of the government of Indonesia, MERCY and the MSC Combat Stores Ship USNS NIAGARA FALLS (T-AFS 3) are on station off the coast of Nias, providing assistance as determined appropriate and necessary with earthquake disaster relief efforts and provide medical assistance to those in need.
Country: Indonesia (IDN)
Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joshua Smith, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
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